Is Lichess draw claim rule in accordance with FIDE rules?

"Also I've just checked: the ability to claim the draw on Lichess remains even when it's your opponent's turn."

This is exactly the point I'm trying to make. This rule exists only on Lichess. To me it feels as if someone was telling me "the knights move a bit differently on Lichess, that's just the way it is".

Pro tipp: don’t repeat the moves^^ SCNR

I think the difference is really minute. There are really outrageous things which are not coded according to FIDE.

Can you please post the game you are talking about. I'm pretty sure your opponent should not be able to claim a draw anymore after making a move that breaks the repetition.

Most likely, his move simply lead to a second repetition which allowed him to draw.

I'm pretty sure threefold repetition can only be claimed while the position is on the board, though unlike FIDE rules, it doesn't have to be your turn, since that is unnecessarily convoluted for online chess. There is one exception, in that you can actually offer a draw before playing the repeating move which will force the draw even if your opponent declines the draw offer and immediately moves again before you get the chance to claim the repetition.

In normal FIDE OTB you may record your next move that you would play and show this to the arbiter, if this move meets the criteria of 3 fold repetition the arbiter will announce the game as drawn. On lichess you cannot do this so to account for this a 3 fold draw is claimed after the move is made, so yes the draw was "made" on your turn but if this game was OTB the draw would have already been made at that point.

#15 Actually, to account for that it is possible to offer a draw and play the 3fold move to claim it.

What confuses me is that my opponent could play the 3fold move, I could go into a deep think for a half hour, and then on my time my opponent could suddenly claim a draw.

> Why is this possible on Lichess?

Basically, Lichess is not bound by FIDE rules and they can do whatever they want.

There are a lot of other differences between the rules here and the FIDE rules (correctly: "FIDE Laws of chess", www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/LawsOfChess.pdf), i.e. the "J'adoube"-rule (§4.2), the rule of recording the moves (§8.x). Not to forget the FIDE rule that a player "shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute" (§12.1).

There is actually a FIDE online venue (arena.myfide.net/). They started to develop it in 2008 (or 2009?) and it is still in beta, but once it will be finished (estimated late 2047, not clear if morning or afternoon) it will sure follow many (or at least some, perhaps the one or other) of the FIDE rules. You just have to have a little patience. Though you can already pay for anaccount there, because this function is ready.